Publications

Journal Publications

Fisher, J.A.D., M. Casini, K.T. Frank, C. Möllmann, W.C. Leggett, and G. Daskalov. 2014. The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 370: 20130271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0271.

Devine, B.M. and J.A.D. Fisher. 2014. First records of the blue runner Caranx crysos (Perciformes: Carangidae) in Newfoundland waters. Journal of Fish Biology 85:540-545.

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, B. Petrie, and W. C. Leggett. 2014. Life on the edge: environmental determinants of tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) abundance since its virtual extinction in 1882. ICES Journal of Marine Science 71:2371-2378.

Frank, K.T., W.C. Leggett, B. Petrie, J.A.D. Fisher, N.L. Shackell, and C.T. Taggart. 2013. Irruptive prey dynamics following the groundfish collapse in the Northwest Atlantic: an illusion? ICES Journal of Marine Science 70:1299-1307. (selected as Editor’s Choice publication).

Hjermann, D.Ø., J.A.D. Fisher, T. Rouyer, K.T. Frank, and N.C. Stenseth. 2013. Spatial analysis of North Sea cod recruitment: concurrent effects of changes in spawning stock biomass, temperature and herring abundance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 480:263-275.

Ciannelli, L., J.A.D. Fisher, M. Skern-Mauritzen, M. Hunsicker, M. Hidalgo, K.T. Frank, and K. Bailey. 2013. Theory, consequences and evidence of eroding population spatial structure in harvested marine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 480:227-243. (Evaluated within the Faculty of 1000 Post-Publication Peer Review system.)

Frank, K.T., B. Petrie, J.A.D. Fisher, and W.C. Leggett. 2013. Setting the record straight on drivers of changing ecosystem states. Fisheries Oceanography 22:143-146.

Shackell, N.L., J.A.D. Fisher, K.T. Frank, and P. Lawton. 2012. Deterioration of spatial similarity among large-bodied fish assemblages in the Northwest Atlantic. Ecological Applications 22:336-348.

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, V.E. Kostylev, N.L. Shackell, T. Horsman, and C. G. Hannah. 2011. Empirical validation of habitat template model predictions: spatial variations in marine fish diversity across the Scotian Shelf, Northwest Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science 68:2096-2105.

Frank, K.T., B. Petrie, J.A.D. Fisher, and W.C. Leggett. 2011. Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem. Nature 477:86-89. (Research highlighted by the CBC News, BBC News, Time Magazine, New Scientist, ScienceNOW, Canadian Geographic, etc. An interview with JADF appeared in the Globe and Mail [July 28, p. A7])

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, and W.C. Leggett. 2010. Breaking Bergmann’s rule: truncation of Northwest Atlantic marine fish body sizes. Ecology 91:2499-2505.

Archambault, P., P. Snelgrove, J.A.D. Fisher, J.-M. Gagnon, D.J. Garbary, M. Harvey, E. Kenchington, V. Lesage, M. Levesque, C. Lovejoy, D. Mackas, C.W. McKindsey, J. Nelson, P. Pépin, L. Piché, and M. Poulin. 2010. From sea to sea: Canada’s three oceans of biodiversity. PLoS One 5:e12182. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012182. (Contribution to the 2010 Census of Marine Life Collection: “Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography – Regional Comparisons of Global Issues.” Evaluated within the Faculty of 1000 Post-Publication Peer Review system)

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, and W.C. Leggett. 2010. Global variation in marine fish body size and its role in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning. Marine Ecology Progress Series 405:1-13. (Selected by the Editor for publication as Open Access Feature Article. Evaluated within the Faculty of 1000 Post-Publication Peer Review system)

Shackell, N.L., K.T. Frank, J.A.D. Fisher, W.C. Leggett, and B. Petrie. 2010. Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic structure in an oceanic ecosystem. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 277:1353-1360. (Evaluated within the Faculty of 1000 Post-Publication Peer Review system)

Fisher, J.A.D. 2010. Parasite-like associations in rocky intertidal assemblages: implications for escalated gastropod defenses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 399:199-209.

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, and W.C. Leggett. 2010. Dynamic macroecology on ecological time-scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19:1-15.

Fisher, J.A.D., E.C. Rihle, H. Liu, and P.S. Petraitis. 2009. An intertidal snail shows a dramatic size increase over the past century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106:5209-5212. (Research highlighted with photo in the New York Times [March 24, 2009, p. D3]. JADF discussed research in interview on CBC’s national ‘As It Happens’ radio program [March 25, 2009]. Research highlighted with photo on the BBC Online [March 29, 2009]. Research highlighted in the Toronto Star [April 5, 2009, p. IN4].)

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, B. Petrie, W.C. Leggett, and N.L. Shackell. 2008. Temporal dynamics within a contemporary latitudinal diversity gradient. Ecology Letters 11:883-897. (Figures from this paper appear in “Biogeography, 4th ed.” [2010], M.V. Lomolino, B.R. Riddle, R.J. Whittaker, and J. H. Brown., Sinauer Associates, Inc.)

Fisher, J.A.D. 2008. Using polyclonal antibodies to detect predation by dogwhelks Nucella lapillus (L.). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 361:28-35.

Fisher, J.A.D. 2005. Exploring ecology’s attic: overlooked ideas on intertidal food webs. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 86(3):145–151.

Fisher, J.A.D. and K.T. Frank. 2004. Abundance-distribution relationships and the conservation of exploited marine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 279:201–213. (Figure 6a redrawn in “Marine Macroecology” [2009], J.D. Witman and K. Roy, eds., University of Chicago Press).

Fisher, J.A.D. and K.T. Frank. 2002. Changes in finfish community structure associated with an offshore fishery closed area on the Scotian Shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 240:249–265.

Other Peer-Reviewed Publications (Book Chapters, Book Review)

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, and A. Belgrano (in press). Global aquatic ecosystem services provided and impacted by fisheries: a macroecological perspective. Invited chapter within Aquatic Functional Biodiversity: an eco-evolutionary approach. (Eds. A. Belgrano, G. Woodward, and U. Jacob). Elseiver Press.

Fisher, J.A.D. and D. Robert (in press). Les poissons du Groenland. Invited chapter within Greenland Unveiled (in French) (Eds. V. Masson-Delmotte, E. Gauthier, D. Gremillet, J.-M. Huctin, and D. Swingedouw). CNRS Éditions, Paris.

Frank, K.T., J.A.D. Fisher, and W.C. Leggett (2015). Chapter 2 – The spatio-temporal dynamics of trophic control in large marine ecosystems. Pages 31-54 in Trophic Ecology: bottom-up and top-down interactions across aquatic and terrestrial systems (Eds. T. C. Hanley and K. J. La Pierre). Cambridge University Press.

Fisher, J.A.D. and K.T. Frank. 2013. Pelagic communities. Pages 337-363 in Marine Community Ecology and Conservation (Eds. M. D. Bertness, B. Silliman, J. Bruno, and J. Stachowicz), Sinauer Press.

Fisher, J.A.D. and K.T. Frank. 2008. Book Review: Allee Effects in Ecology and Conservation. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 17:120-121.

Petraitis, P.S., J.A.D. Fisher, and S.R. Dudgeon 2008. Ecosystems: Rocky intertidal. Pages 3107-3113 in S.E. Jørgensen, and B.D. Fath (editors). Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elseiver Publishers, Oxford, U.K.

Fisher, J.A.D. and K.T. Frank. 2005. Canadian Case Studies: closed areas on the Scotian Shelf. Pages 51-57 in M.E. Petruny-Parker, K.M. Castro, M.L. Schwartz, L.G. Skrobe, and B. Somers (editors). Proceedings of the New England Workshops on Marine Protected Areas. Rhode Island Sea Grant, Narragansett, Rhode Island.

Fisher, J.A.D. 2004. The Emerald and Western Banks closed area community: changing patterns and their comparison. Pages 211–223 in J. B. Shipley, editor. Aquatic Protected Areas as Fisheries Management Tools. American Fisheries Society Symposium 42, Bethesda, Maryland.

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